Well, how do I sum up today? Wet and cold.
What am I doing right now? Laying in my tent, with all my gear stowed in waterproof bags, hoping my down sleeping bag doesn't get wet as the rain and wind continues.
I have a 2 walled tent so there is a outer rain fly, the inner tent is screen on top and solid on the sides. My rain fly is leaking a little bit and a few drops roll here and there down the screen. A small puddle has formed at the foot of my tent. I have to laughed cuz I have no idea what some people are doing out in the rain right now, but it sounds like they are having fun!
This morning I tried really hard to sleep in. I kept waking up and forcing myself back to sleep. When I finally decided to get up I looked at the clock and it was 6:45 am, what is happening to me? I grabbed my cookpot/mug and headed over to the tent that offered free coffee. Mmm coffee.. I've missed you.
In a last ditch effort to try again to find out if my hiking poles have been found I walked to the entrance and did the ol' walk around looking for a signal thing. I amazingly found a spot 15 feet from the guard shack on the right side of the road that gave 2 bars of 3g. If I stood right there in that spot I could send a text and check Internet email and make a call. awesome. But it was in the 40's and my coffee was now cold so I didn't stay long.
I ventured a half mile up the road to the restraunt/store twice today. Once for breakfast and a charger, yes they had what I was looking for, and later for pizza. I also decided today that the horrible mom hiking pants I had been sporting had to go! So I stopped at the only vendor that had pants and paid way more than I wanted for a new pair of pants. I'm slightly weirded out cuz I fit in a size smaller than usual. Have I lost that much weight already?
It rained or misted all day today. I walked around all the vendors again, watched Hoosier daddy shakedown a couple of hikers gear, went to a few seminars and spent some time in my tent. The highlight of the day, and probably the biggest reason I came was the class picture.
Well it's super windy and rainy, if I need to there is a large bathroom and community room I could sleep in, but I'm going to try and test my skills knowing I'm in a safe place and ride this one out. Good night.
What am I doing right now? Laying in my tent, with all my gear stowed in waterproof bags, hoping my down sleeping bag doesn't get wet as the rain and wind continues.
I have a 2 walled tent so there is a outer rain fly, the inner tent is screen on top and solid on the sides. My rain fly is leaking a little bit and a few drops roll here and there down the screen. A small puddle has formed at the foot of my tent. I have to laughed cuz I have no idea what some people are doing out in the rain right now, but it sounds like they are having fun!
This morning I tried really hard to sleep in. I kept waking up and forcing myself back to sleep. When I finally decided to get up I looked at the clock and it was 6:45 am, what is happening to me? I grabbed my cookpot/mug and headed over to the tent that offered free coffee. Mmm coffee.. I've missed you.
In a last ditch effort to try again to find out if my hiking poles have been found I walked to the entrance and did the ol' walk around looking for a signal thing. I amazingly found a spot 15 feet from the guard shack on the right side of the road that gave 2 bars of 3g. If I stood right there in that spot I could send a text and check Internet email and make a call. awesome. But it was in the 40's and my coffee was now cold so I didn't stay long.
I ventured a half mile up the road to the restraunt/store twice today. Once for breakfast and a charger, yes they had what I was looking for, and later for pizza. I also decided today that the horrible mom hiking pants I had been sporting had to go! So I stopped at the only vendor that had pants and paid way more than I wanted for a new pair of pants. I'm slightly weirded out cuz I fit in a size smaller than usual. Have I lost that much weight already?
It rained or misted all day today. I walked around all the vendors again, watched Hoosier daddy shakedown a couple of hikers gear, went to a few seminars and spent some time in my tent. The highlight of the day, and probably the biggest reason I came was the class picture.
Well it's super windy and rainy, if I need to there is a large bathroom and community room I could sleep in, but I'm going to try and test my skills knowing I'm in a safe place and ride this one out. Good night.
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